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Anne Arundel Community College has the arts covered this season with a mix from classic to pop, tragedy to comedy — plus dance. A strong advocate of community outreach, college president Dawn Lindsay says she wants the school to be "a cultural hub for the county. As a destination for the arts, we have everything from music concerts to theater to opera, and in a broader cultural sense, we offer films, lectures, fine art gallery openings and more, all of which we welcome our Anne Arundel County neighbors to enjoy." First on tap in November is the community college's fall production of Christopher Hampton's adaptation of "Dangerous Liaisons," scheduled...

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